Port of Los Angeles unveils $27 million solar+storage microgrid project
The Green Omni Terminal Project will be a scalable model to upgrade the 26 other terminals at the Port of Los Angeles as well as other terminals worldwide.
San Diego cans SunEdison public projects
San Diego was forced recently to cancel 65 solar PV projects in its territory that were planned late last year with SunEdison after the developer advised the city that its deadlines would slip.
TCA Architects Design Eco-Apartments in LA
National design firm TCA Architects designed a group of net-zero eco-apartments for Houston-based Hanover Company within its new Hanover Olympic apartment building in Los Angeles. These units feature solar power, smart thermostats, iPad accessible monitoring, in-apartment monitoring screens, high efficiency lighting, and smart AC and water systems, along with EV charging facilities.
Array Technologies completes shipping of trackers to 191 MW solar project in California
Supply of trackers to the Springbok 2 solar farm follows on supply to the Springbok 1, for a total of 328 MW of trackers.
Vivint moves into PACE with Renovate America partnership
One of the largest U.S. residential solar installers has partnered with a provider of PACE financing in California, with an aim to take the program to other states.
California Solar CitiSuns Unite Consumer Cause
A new grass-roots solar consumer organization has formed in California recently to champion the rights of homeowners with solar, and facilitate the adoption of solar by those seeking solar.
SolarCity collaborates with PG&E on distributed energy project
The U.S. residential PV installer will work with the Pacific Gas and Electric Company in San Jose, California, to test the efficacy of coordinated solar smart inverters and storage for enhanced grid stability.
Intersolar North America day 1: Solar goes to war
Conflict with entrenched interests was a major theme of the 2016 Intersolar North America opening session
Solar Frontier Americas breaks ground on 107 MW of solar projects
The U.S. subsidiary of the Japanese CIS solar specialist has seen construction begin on two large-scale U.S. solar projects in California’s Imperial County.
Berkeley Lab discovery could push perovskites to 31 percent efficiency
New research has indicated a pathway for perovskites to achieve a conversion efficiency of 31%. The findings were published by researchers from Berkeley Lab this week. Nanoscale images of perovskite solar cells revealed a characteristic of perovskites that points to the potential for dramatically higher efficiencies.
